The WH party crashers may have sincerely thought they were invited

E-mail messages released to TODAY reveal that something along those lines happened in the mysterious case of the White House party crashers.

One of the alleged crashers — Tareq Salahi, 41, of northern Virginia — exchanged e-mails and phone calls over a period of four days with a high-ranking government official about the possibility of attending at least part of President Barack Obama’s first state dinner.
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“Thank you!!!” Salahi wrote after being asked to provide information for the security check. “We are really looking forward to it.”…

As far as they knew, their fate was still up for debate as late as last Tuesday, the day of the state dinner.

“The arrival ceremony (was scheduled to be outdoors) was canceled due to inclement weather,” Jones e-mailed at 8:46 a.m. that day. “They are having a very small one inside the WH very limited space. I am still working on tickets for tonight’s dinner. I will call or e-mail as soon as I get word one way or another.”